Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-22
ach year, and, unless the practice is pro.

each year, and, unless the practice Is pro-
hibited, will increase to magnitude
which will render it's control more and
more difficult. While it is a laudhble end
meritorious act to celebrate the glories Of
the past and commemorate the deeds and
daring of our ancestry such proceedings
are suitable for Americans only, on
American soil. Foreigners who exuIt II
these demonstrations have rights, but no
more than those who feel nothing but re-
grets, revenge and sorrow in contemplate
ing them. There are always victors and
victims who look upon events in Euro
pean history with different feelings and
from different stsndpoints. What de-
lights one disgTsces the other. The high
est aim and ambition Of American citi-
zens should be to secure good government
at home, peaceful administration OF the
laws and the cultivation CT those virtue s
which make better and nobler men, and
to root out those noxious weeds OF hate
senseIess contention ard discord, i'm
ported ungratetully from foreign coun-
tries to be continued and perpetusted in
Z land of freedom and equality. These
participants in celebrations of this
character, who are citizens of this coun-
try, should recollect that to this country
heu hot A-cT nd ir,kr
and patriotism, and, If occasions for re-
loicing are desired, American history
and American trIumphs furnish innumer-
able subjects which can be worthily
celebrated, in which all can join, and at
which none can take ofense. Those
gentlemen who desire TO celebrate the
glories OF their country, and who are OF
citizens of America, should recollect that
they are merely our guasts-welcomG
guests WithGl-and that it is ungeneICus
in them to tax the hospitality of their
host with the unpleasant spectacle Of
noisy braWIs on subjects o. which b e
knows little and cares less. Foreigners
test to its fullest extent the forbearance
of our people, when they make this
country the battle ground for contend
ing isctiors, and they should be given to
understand that these demonstrations
should ne dispensed with; foreign born
citizans should be sGmonished TO be-
come citizens in fact as We'll as IL name,
and that incorporate outbursts OF en-
thusiasm for the fatherland are liable to
be looked upon as an evidence Of Weaken
ing loyalty to the country of adoption,
Those foreign born citizens who intelli-
gently realize the blessings bestowed Dy
our government, and its superiority
over al others, and whose watchword
is "Ubi Ibertas, hi patrla" are
never prominent in these displays. They
recognize the impossibility Of serving two
masters faithfully, and give their whole
lives and labOrs to the land Of their sdop-
ton. They become thoroughly American
are among our best citizens and could be
trusted il sny emergency, even were the
SAN'Si WV AAASiS SlfSh ~ pun AOES Du-
Americans on guard" Others who come
mere expecting to perpetuate their de-
signs, either as bloody anarchists or re
Iigious fanatics, have no time or incIina-
tion to learn the country or its institu-
tions, and seldom prosecute their re-
searches sufficiently to enable them to
fully understand the true meaning OF
citizenship. They may become quasi
citizens, but old world ideas will con-
tinue to dominate and will be observable
in their conduct. A friendly association
or sodality, society or club is never OBJ
jectionabIe unless it is OF nature calcu-
lated to arouse resentment or create dis
order; then it should be prohibited.